5th Annual International Mining and Resources Conference 2018 | International Mining and Resources Community IMARC | 29 October 2018 | Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre, 1 Convention Centre Pl, South Wharf VIC 3006, Australia

Where Global Mining Leaders Connect With Technology, Finance & the Future

Covering All Aspects of Mining:
• Exploration, Investment & Finance
• Future Energy
• International & Local Opportunities
• People, Projects & Infrastructure
• Technology Innovation & Operational Excellence

The IMARC 2018 programme will cover all aspects of mining, from exploration to investment, production to optimisation through to new technologies. Along with future energy opportunities, as well as people, projects and infrastructure case studies that will benefit the industry.

2018 Speakers

Adam Price
Product Manager – Simulation & SIC, RPM Global

Adele Seymon
Program Director - Exploration to Mine & Sustainability, AMIRA International

Adrian Pearce
Professor, School of Computing and Information Systems, Melbourne School of Engineering, The University of Melbourne

Adrian Prendergast
Research Analyst, Morgans

Alan Broome AM
Chairman Emeritus, Austmine

Alan Bye
Vice President Technology, Strategy and Innovation, BHP

Alex Moss
Chief Executive Officer & Head Designer, Canaria Technologies

Amy Lamb
Principal Metallurgist, Group Technical Services, MMG Limited

Andrew Corbett
Managing Director, Kingston Resources

Andrew Dinning
President & Chief Executive Officer, Sarama Resources

Andrew Elf
Chief Executive Officer, Mitchell Services Limited

Andrew Hall
Director / General Manager, Melbourne, AMC Consultants Pty Ltd

Andrew Hely
Technical Director, Concerto Analytics

Andrew O’Connor
Partner, Engineering & Asset Management, KPMG

Angela Cao
Deputy Director - International Cooperation Department, China Nonferrous Metals Industry

Ann Burns
Resources Industry Lead, Australia and New Zealand, Accenture

Anna Rabin
Director, Dragoman

Anthony Harris
Chief Geoscientist, Newcrest Mining Limited

Antoine Desmet
Analytics Manager, Mining Technology & CI, Komatsu Australi

Arnoud Balhuizen
Chief Commercial Officer, BHP Billiton

Ashley Bosworth
Director, Pulse Mining Systems

Ayesha Ahmed
PhD Student, University of Tasmania

Barry Fehlberg
Executive Exploration Director, Venus Metals

Batirai Manhando
Managing Director, Bindura Nickel Corporation
President, Chamber of Mines of Zimbabwe

Ben Adair
CEO & Managing Director, CRC ORE

Ben Heard
Founder & Executive Director, Bright New World

Benedikt Meier
Head of Product Management /TIS, thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions (Australia)

Benjamin Little
Senior Vice President, IAMGOLD

Bernardo Marinho
Global Business Development Manager, Minerals Vertical, Siemens

Bert Koth
Managing Director & Partner Denham Mining Fund, Denham Capital

Brad Rogers
Chief Executive Officer, Bis

Bruce Maluish
Managing Director, Ventnor Resources

Carlos Pérez García
Minister of Electricity and Renewable Energy, Government of Ecuador

Casey Blundell
PhD Student, Monash University

Catriona Beadel
Principal Advisor Rio Tinto Ventures, RioTinto

Chad Gates
Managing Director, Pronto Software

Chanakya Chaudhary
Vice President - Raw Materials, Tata Steel

Charles Gillies
Managing Director, Jolimont Global Mining Systems

Charlie Yang
Director, Cedrus Investments

Chee Hoe Lee
Global IA Cyber Security Evangelist, Yokogawa

Chris Beal
Chief Executive Officer, NextOre

Chris Cawood
Chief Innovation Officer, OceanaGold

Chris Panaou
Process Consultant, Hatch

Christiaan Heyning
Partner, McKinsey & Company

Christine Gibbs Stewart
Chief Executive Officer, Austmine

Christo Visser
Senior Vice President, DRA Global

Clyde Russell
Asia Commodities and Energy Columnist, Reuters

Clytie Dangar
General Manager, Stakeholder Engagement, CRC ORE

Colin Moorhead
Chief Executive Officer, PT Merdeka Copper Gold

Craig Feebrey
Executive Vice President - Head of Exploration, OceanaGold Corporation

Craig Jetson
Executive General Manager, Cadia and Lihir, Newcrest Mining Limited

Dalton Xie
Director, United Overseas Resources

Daniel Hynes
Senior Commodity Strategist, ANZ

David Cormack
Partner - Consulting, Deloitte

David Garofalo
President & Chief Executive Officer, Goldcorp Inc

David Grabau
Senior Investment Specialist, Resources & Energy, Austrade

David King
Director Operations, Minera San Cristóbal

David Lawie PhD
Chief Geoscientist, IMDEX

David Mason
Chief Executive Officer, Dark Horse Resources

David Southwick MP
Member for Caulfield, Shadow Minister for Innovation, Shadow Minister for Energy and Resources Shadow Minister for Renewables, Parliament of Victoria

David Sun
Managing Director, Sinosteel Australia, President, Chinese Chamber of Commerce - Perth Branch

Denise McComish
National Sector Leader, Mining, KPMG

Dirk Treasure
Chief Executive Officer, Chrysos Corporation

Don Lindsay
Chair, ICMM, President & Chief Executive Officer, Teck

Duncan Harris
Director, Arete Capital, President, Australia Africa Chamber of Commerce

Eben van Niekerk
Solution Manager, MineLens by McKinsey

Eddie Sugar
Principal, EAS Advisors

Edgar Basto
Asset President, Western Australia Iron Ore (WAIO), BHP

Edward Buckingham
Director of Engagement, Monash Business School, Monash University

Edward Turner
Chief Executive Officer, Galena Mining

Efrat Fenigson
Vice-President Marketing, Airobotics

Elizabeth Croft
Professor, Dean of Engineering, Monash University

Elizabeth Gaines
Chief Executive Officer, Fortescue Metals Group

Eric Zeng
Director & Chief Financial Officer, Perilya

Fraser MacCorquodale
General Manager - Exploration, Newcrest Mining

Gary Cochrane
Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Bounty Mining

Gary Goldberg
President & Chief Executive Officer, Newmont

Gastón Carrión
Managing Director, Global HR Transformation Lead, Accenture

Gavan Collery
Managing Director, ResourcesComms & Melbourne Mining Club

Gavin Lind
Director - Workforce Skills, Health & Safety; Executive Director - MTEC, Minerals Council of Australia

Gavin Wood
Chief Information Officer, Newcrest Mining

Gavin Yeates
FAusIMM(CP) Principal, Gavin Yeates Consulting

Geoffrey Gao
Chief Executive Officer, MMG Limited

Geoffrey Gold
Convenor, National Mining & Energy Group, Australia Indonesia Business Council

Gerald Whittle
Managing Director, Whittle Consulting

Gianni Kovacevic
Executive Chairman, Copperbank

Gita Kamath
Head of Africa Branch, Middle East and Africa Division, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

Graham Kerr
Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer, South32

Greg Cochran
Chief Executive Officer, Reward Minerals Ltd

Hamish Bohannan
Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer, Gulf Manganese

Hedley Widdup
Executive Director, Lion Selection Group

Henry Okraglik
Global Director, Digital, WSP

Hon. Bill Johnston MLA
Minister for Mines and Petroleum; Commerce and Industrial Relations; Electoral Affairs; Asian Engagement, West Australian Government

Hon. Richard Musukwa
Minister of Mines & Minerals Development, Zambian Government

Hon. Tim Pallas
Minister for Resources, Victorian Government

Ian Cockerill
Director, Orica, Ivanhoe Mines and Endeavour Mining

Ian Dover
General Manager, Industry Implementation, METS Ignited

Iván Arriagada
Chief Executive Officer, Antofagasta plc

Jacinta Elston
Pro Vice-Chancellor (Indigenous), Portfolio of the DVC & Vice President (Education) Monash University

Jacqueline Murray
Partner, Investment Team Leader, Resource Capital Funds

Jake Klein
Executive Chairman, Evolution Mining

James Clements
Commercial & Industrial Business Lead, Wattwatchers Digital Energy

Jan Kwak
Managing Director, Australia and Asia, Hatch

Janine Herzig
Director, MetVal Consulting, President Elect, The AusIMM

Janyl Moldalieva
Coordinator, Extractives Hub, United Nations

Jason Chang
Chief Executive Officer & Managing Director, EMR Capital

Jason Eggleton
National Manager - Bituminous Products Sales Transport and Infrastructure, Downer Group

Jason Stirbinskis
Managing Director, Andes Resources

Jason Ward
Country Manager, SolGold

Javier Orellana
Digital Transformation Lead, AVEVA

Jean-Sébastien Jacques
Chief Executive Officer, Rio Tinto

Jeannette McGill
Head of Telstra Mining Services, Telstra

Joanne Farrell
Group Executive, Health, Safety and Environment & Managing Director, Rio Tinto

Joe Carr
Mining Development Director, Inmarsat

Joe Cucuzza
Managing Director, AMIRA International

John Dorward
President, Chief Executive Officer and Director, Roxgold

John Forwood
Director, Lowell Resources Funds Management

John Kirkman
Co-founder & Managing Director, Manufacturing Intelligence

John Lamb
Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Myanmar Metals

John Lewins
Chief Executive Officer, K92 Mining Inc

John Mulligan
Director, World Gold Council

John Welborn
Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Resolute

Jonathan Loraine
Executive Director, Core Group

Jordan Eliseo
Chief Economist, ABC Bullion

Jorge Ramiro Monroy
Managing Director, Emerging Markets Capital

Jose Blanco
Founding Partner, Blanco Partners

Juan Luis Kruger Sayán
Chief Executive Officer, Minsur

Juergen Kuebler
Executive, Global Industry Platforms, IBM

Julian Treger
Chief Executive Officer, Anglo American PLC

Julie Shuttleworth
Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Fortescue Metals Group

Katie Valentine
Partner, Mining Sector Management Consulting Lead, KPMG

Kaye Frigo
Group Manager, Leadership & Culture, OZ Minerals

Ken Brinsden
Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer, Pilbara Minerals

Ken Naughton
President, Management Control Inc

Ken Ryan
Agent General, UK & Commissioner, Europe and Israel, State Government of Victoria

Keryn James
Group Chief Executive, ERM

Kim Eales
Co-Founder, Resolution Systems - MaxMine

Kirsty Danby
Founding Director, Platform Communications

Kurt Alexander
CEO / Founder, QuickSafety

Kym Fullgrabe
Senior Trade Commissioner Sub-Saharan Africa, Austrade

Laura Tyler
Asset President, Olympic Dam, BHP

Len Kolff
Chief Geologist, IronRidge Resources

Lex McArthur
Chief Executive Officer, Jolimont Global

Li Xinchuang
President & Chief Engineer, China Metallurgical Industry Planning and Research Institute

Luis Canepari
Vice President of Information Technology, Goldcorp Inc

Manish Chawla
Vice President, Global Industrial Products, IBM

Mariette Bylsma
General Manager Yandicoogina Operations, Rio Tinto

Mark Cutifani
Chief Executive, Anglo American plc

Mark Hawthorne
Publisher, Victoria, Fairfax Media

Mark Tomlinson
Director, Head of Corporate Finance, Patersons Securities

Mark Yumin Qiu
Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Hanking Australia

Martin Boland
Director of Mining Financier and Mining Engineer, Private Equity Funds, Taurus Funds

Mary McGeoch
Engineering & Asset Management, Mining Leader, KPMG

Masaki Konno
Managing Director, Asia Pacific South, Dassault Systèmes

Matt Fifield
Partner, Pacific Road Capital

Matt Schofield
Partner, ShineWing Australia

Matt Tuohy
Head, Worldwide Business Development, Mining & Resources, Amazon Web Services

Matthew Gill
Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer, White Rock Minerals

Melanie Burton
Asia Mining Correspondent, Reuters

Melanie McCarthy
General Manager, Costerfield, Mandalay Resources

Michael Baldwin
Executive General Manager – Product Strategy and Marketing, RPM Global

Michael Ellis
Senior Partner, McKinsey & Company

Michael Nossal
Chief Development Officer, Newcrest Mining Limited

Michael Place
Unit Manager: Projects, Gold Fields

Mick Cairney
Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer, Centennial Coal

Mick Wilkes
President & Chief Executive Officer, OceanaGold Corp

Miranda Werstiuk
Senior Vice President, IBK Capital Corp

Mitch Hooke
Chairman, Partners in Performance

Mitsuhiro Hirano
President, Minera San Cristóbal

Monique Carroll
Special Counsel, King & Wood Mallesons

Mpho Ndaba
Scholar & Mine Community Development Practitioner, South Africa

Namrata Thapa
Global Head of Mining, IFC

Narayan Sreenivasan
Director, Dassault Systèmes

Neal Harries
Director APAC, Hexagon Mining

Neil Grimes
Project Director, Business Transition, Kestrel Coal Resources, Mannerim Partners

Ni Tao
Deputy Manager - Department of International Cooperation and Development, China National Uranium Company

Nic Lamb
Chairman, FAR Limited

Nicholas Mather
Managing Director, DGR Global

Nick Beaton
General Manager - IES, CRC ORE

Nick Holland
Chief Executive Officer, Gold Fields

Nick Rees
Head of Natural Resources, National Australia Bank

Nicole Bieske
Head of Programme, Mining for Sustainable Development, Transparency International

Nicolette Barnard
Head of Human Resources, Siemens Ltd

NingNing Zhang
Managing Director, Global City Connect

Oumarou Idani
Minister of Mines and Quarries, Burkina Faso Government

Owen Hegarty
Executive Chairman, EMR Capital

Pablo Schatz
Investment and Trade Manager, Latin America, Victorian Government

Patrick Cocquerel
Global Head of Natural Resources, Westpac

Patrick Mutz
Managing Director, Image Resources

Patrick Walta
Managing Director, New Century Resources

Paul Bartholomew
Senior Managing Editor, S&P Global Platts

Paul Beesley
Chief Technology Officer, RPM Global

Paul Bloxham
Chief Economist, Australia, New Zealand and Global Commodities, Managing Director, Global Research, HSBC Bank Australia

Paul Buch
Market Leader- Power, GHD

Paul Heithersay
Chief Executive, Department of Energy & Mining, South Australia Government

Peter Betson
Deputy Secretary Resources, Department of Economic Development, Jobs, Transport and Resources

Peter Bryant
Board Chair, Development Partner Institute

Peter Clarke
General Manager, Industry Engagement, METS Ignited

Peter Knights
Professor, School of Mechanical and Mining Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Architecture and Information Technology, University of Queensland

Peter Ledwidge
Managing Director, Mako Gold

Peter Ross
Executive Director - Origination, Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility (NAIF)

Peter Williams
Chief Executive Officer, Aus Tin Mining

Pius Kasolo
Chief Executive Officer, ZCCM Investments

Prabhav Sharma
Partner, McKinsey & Company

Prashanth Mysore
Industry Portfolio Director, Dassault Systemes

Rachel Ball
Head of Public Policy and Advocacy, Oxfam Australia

Reg Spencer
Mining Analyst, Canaccord Genuity

Ric Gros
Chief Executive Officer, METS Ignited

Richard Boele
Global Head, KPMG Business & Human Rights Network, KPMG

Richard Day
Acting Director, Low Carbon Economy Unit, Department for Energy and Mining, South Australia Government

Richard Goldberg
Group Manager, Innovation and Collaboration, Gekko Systems

Richard Morrow
Equity Partner, Baillieu Holst

Richard Schodde
Managing Director, MinEx Consulting

Richard Taylor
Chief Executive Officer, Terramin

Robert Milbourne
Managing Director, Mining Standards International

Robert Pritchard
Executive Director, Energy Policy Institute of Australia

Robert Rounsley
Chief Technology Development Officer, Dyno Nobel

Robin Chambers AO
Senior Partner, Chambers & Company

Roland Avar
Product Manager, Gateway Systems, SICK

Russell Clark
Chief Executive Officer, Kasbah Resources Ltd

Ryan Welker
Head of Mining, EAS Advisors LLC

Sam Riggall
Chief Executive Officer, Clean TeQ

Sam Street
Director, Corporate Finance, Morgans & Melbourne Mining Club

Sam Bennett
Director of Resources, ANZ, WSP

Sandeep Biswas
Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer, Newcrest Mining

Sandy Gray
Co-Founder & Technical Director, Gekko Systems

Sara Prendergast
Director - AusIMM, Senior Manager Performance Reporting - Orica

Séamus Finn
Chair, Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility

Senator The Hon. Matt Canavan
Minister for Resources and Northern Australia, Australian Government

Serena Lillywhite
Chief Executive Officer, Transparency International Australia

Shannon Powell
Senior Trade and Investment Commissioner - Latin America, Austrade

Shaun McCarthy
Chief Executive Officer, Multicom Resources

Shigeru Oi
President & Chief Executive Officer, JX Nippon Mining & Metals Corporation

Siri Genik
Director, Women in Mining Canada

Stephen Durkin
Chief Executive Officer, The Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (the AusIMM)

Stephen McIntosh
Group Executive, Growth & Innovation, Rio Tinto

Stephen Tomisich
Chairman & Founder, Trajan Scientific and Medical

Stephen Williams
Managing Director, Concerto Analytics

Steve Walsh
Partner - Consulting, Deloitte

Steven Micklethwaite
Associate Professor (Research), School of Earth Atmosphere & Environment, Director, Drone Discovery Platform, Monash University

Sven Lunsche
Head of Corporate Affairs, Gold Fields

Sven-Erik Gustafsson
Director Sales and Marketing, Scania Mining

Thomas Gaisecker
Senior Manager International Sales and Mining Specialist, RIEGL Laser Measurement Systems GmbH

Tim Carstens
Managing Director, Base Resources

Tim Duncan
Director, Hinton & Associates & Melbourne Mining Club

Tim Hopper PhD
Chief Technology Officer, Qteq

Toby Whincup
Managing Partner, Mining Sector Lead Asia Pacific, ERM

Tolga Kumova
Corporate Director, New Century Resources

Tom Butler
Chief Executive Officer, ICMM

Tony Manini
Co-Founder & Executive Director, EMR Capital

Troy Hey
Executive General Manager – Stakeholder Relations, MMG

Ville Svensberg
Business Line Manager - Digitalisation, Sandvik

Warren Gilman
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, CEF Holdings Limited

Warren Pearce
Chief Executive Officer, AMEC

Wendy Tyrrell
Executive Director, Development Partner Institute

William Witham
Chief Executive Officer, Australia-Africa Minerals and Energy Group

Wilson Casado
Managing Partner, Visagio

Xavier Amils
Global Market Development Director, Bridon Bekaert The Ropes Group

Xiaoling Liu
Director, Newcrest Mining & South32 & Iluka Resources

Zeljka Pokrajcic
Technical Director, PETRA Data Science

2018 Partner and Sponsors

INDUSTRY COLLABORATION PARTNER:
• METS Ignited

LEAD SPONSORS:
• BHP
• Victorian State Government

OFFICIAL BROADCAST PARTNER:
• Bloomberg

PLENARY THEATRE SPONSOR:
• Dassault Systemes

STRAGETIC PARTNER:
• McKinsey&Company

SUSTAINABILITY PARTNER:
• ERM

MATCHING & MEETING AREA SPONSORS:
• Rio Tinto

PLATINUM SPONSORS:
• Deloitte
• Ministry of Mines India
• Sandvik
• Telstra

DIGITAL REINVENTION PARTNER:
• IBM

REGISTRATION DESK SPONSOR:
• World Gold Council

GOLD SPONSORS:
• Concerto Analytics
• DGR Global
• HATCH
• MMG Limited
• SIEMENS
• Thiess
• ZCCM Investments Holdings

LANYARD SPONSOR:
• MAXAM

GALA DINNER SPONSOR:
• METS Ignited

CAFE SPONSOR:
• KOMATSU

NETWORKING RECEPTION SPONSORS:
• FLSmidth
• Yokogawa Australia & New Zealand

MOBILE APP SPONSOR:
• Modular Mining Systems

SILVER SPONSORS:
• Accenture
• Airobotics
• Amazon Web Services
• AMC Consultants
• AVEVA
• Bis
• CATERPILLAR
• Clean TeQ
• CRC ORE
• Downer
• Dyno Nobel Asia Pacific
• Everblu Capital
• GHD
• Inmarsat
• KOMATSU
• KMPG
• MineLens
• Monash University
• Neo Products & Management Controls
• New Century Resources
• Nobles & Bridon-Bekaert
• RIEGL
• ShineWing Australia
• SICK PTY LTD
• The University of Melbourne
• thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions (Australia)
• WSP Australia

SESSION SPONSORS:
• Deloitte
• DRA Global
• IBM
• Monadelphous Group
• Pulse Mining Systems
• RPM Global
• Telstra

BRONZE SPONSORS:
• Economic Development Board (EBD) Mauritius
• InEight
• SCANIA

SPOTLIGHT SPEAKERS:
• Hanking Australia Investment
• IAMGOLD
• Kasbah Resources
• Mako Gold
• OceanaGold
• Pilbara Minerals

INVESTOR RELATIONS PARTNER:
• EAS Advisors